It was a pleasure to connect with Hannah Amante at our recent screening event at the University of Redlands, CA. Here is her write-up that appeared in the Redland City News. Award-Winning Filmmaker Eliaichi Kimaro Visits University of Redlands, Uses Film to Begin Discussion on Culture and Diversity By Hannah […]
As our film makes its way onto the campus lecture circuit, I’m having more opportunities to step out from behind the film, and reflect on our 8-year journey from Worlds Apart to A Lot Like You. These talks run parallel to the film and provide more context about the the story behind […]
We were so honored to be invited back by Vancouver Asian Film Festival for an encore screening of A Lot Like You–as a kick off event for 2013 VAFF. Our screening event was held at the beautiful Vancouver Public Library and was co-sponsored by community partners Hapa-palooza Festival and C3 […]
A LOT LIKE YOU Highly Recommended Reviewed by Jennifer Dean Graduate of the CUNY Graduate Center MALS program with thesis on female filmmakers. Date Entered: 9/5/2013 In A Lot Like You director Eliaichi Kimaro travels to Tanzania to learn of her father’s roots and gain a better understanding of her own […]
We were invited to screen A Lot Like You at Venango College (9/16), and then to share stories/lessons learned over the course of our 8-year film journey…
A Lot Like You (2011) 2 discs. 80 min. DVD: $39.99 ($99 w/PPR): public libraries; $250 w/PPR: colleges & universities. Collective Eye (web: www.collectiveeye.org). Filmmaker Eliaichi Kimaro sets out to explore the cultural roots of her “blackness” in this powerful documentary. Her father, Sadikiel Kimaro, was a high-achieving student inTanzania, and […]
So delighted to be the featured Filmmaker Interview this month on our educational distributor Collective Eye‘s blog! (I’ve reprinted the interview below, but original can be found here.) What was the target audience that you were intentionally gearing the film towards when beginning production, and how has it changed?My […]
A Lot Like You screens this weekendas part of Eugene Celebration’s “Film Zone.” Aug. 24 @ 4:30 and 5:30 pm at Bijou Metro. Check out Adrian Black’s lovely review of our film below, in the current issue of Eugene Weekly. . . . . . . . Celebrated Cinema Inside the ECFilmZone […]
For 7 years, Mama Kimaro wrote a weekly column–“Development with Common Sense” for The Daily News, a national Tanzanian newspaper. After taking some time off writing, Mom has resurfaced with another column…this time, a monthly column with the Korea Times! Here’s the link to her inaugural post, “From the Slopes of Kilimanjaro“. […]
We’re excited to announce that A Lot Like You will be screening on July 24 at 8:30pm at the Kigali Public Library. The festival theme this year is “Our Mothers, Our Heroes”… And in a stroke of Uncanny coincidence, check out the name of the other film playing at the same […]